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Wonders of the Great Blackwells
Island Bridge Digest Cantalever
Structure Erected Forth Bridge
Outdone Perils of Workmen and
Problems of Engineers J
of the most Interesting
ONE of engineering now in
progress of construction is the
Blackwclls island bridge con
necting Manhattan mid Queens bor
oughs New York city The bridge is
neariug completion and will be the
third to span the East river and-connect
Manhattan Island with Long -Island
The oldest of these structures
the famous Brooklyn bridge was open
ed to the public in 188 1 The next
bridge built over the East river the
Williamsburg bridge was opened In
1903 These bridges connect Manhat
tan and Brooklyn boroughs Black
wells island bridge touches the Long
Island shore at Long Island City which
Is in the borough of Queens The two
bridges now In use are of the suspen
sion type but the new bridge is of
the cantalever method of construction
The location of Blackwclls island be
tween two branches of the East river
permitted the adoption of the cantale
ver method In the case of this bridge
The central piers rest on this island
and that part of the bridge which is
known as the island span is now the
furthest toward completion This steel
framework now projects out over the
river on both sides of the island and
It is especially far advanced on the
side toward Long Island where it has
the appearance of being so far from
the nearest pier as to be in danger of
tumbling into the water 135 feet be
low
On looking at the spectacle this part
of the bridge now presents it is difli
cult to avoid the feeling that the engi
neers must have made some mistake
in their calculations and that it is im
possible for the part of the bridge ex
tending so far over the river toward
the Long Island shore to remain in a
horizontal position until the pier upon
that shore is reached One does not
BIiACKWEIjIS island bridge as it IiOOKS
NOW
envy the workmen engaged in riveting
steel beams 300 feet above water and
in imminent danger as it would seem
of being plunged down into the river
by the collapse of the structure upon
which they work
Building a bridge In this way in
volves balancing tricks that only a
very expert engineer can juggle with
successfully As the work progresses
the great weight overhanging the wa
ter must be sustained at the shoreward
ends by huge counterpoises and an
chorages and the steel muscles must
be so molded that they will stand the
strain imposed upon them without any
manner of doubt No cantalever bridge
of such a size as this has been built
before for although the Forth bridge
in England equals it in length the lat
ter bridge was constructed to carry
only about one fifth the weight the
Blackwells island bridge will sustain
when traffic is in progress It will
have a capacity of two elevated rail
road and four trolley car tracks in ad
dition to a thirty five foot carriageway
and two sidewalks The bridge will
be composed of three spans with their
approaches The span from the Man
hattan shore to the western shore of
Blackwells Island is to be 1132 feet
that which carries the structure over
the island is G30 feet and the third
span between Blackwells island and
Long Island is to be 930 feet The
latter span which is shown in the ac
companying illustration is now more
than halfway across the eastern
branch of the river In addition to
these three main spans there will be
two spans on each side to reach the an
chorages set back from the river
banks The length of the approaches
Will bring the total lateral extent of
the bridge to about a mile and a half
At both the Manhattan and Queens
terminals there will be handsome pla
zas and these will be made the basis
of an extensive plan of municipal beau
tification Although strikes and other
obstacles have impeded the work on
the Blackwells island bridge it has
progressed faster than did the two old
er structures over the East river This
is in part due to the use of the canta
lever method of construction and also
to the circumstance that the great trap
rock stratum underlying the entire re
gion crops out near the surface In the
eectionwherethebridge piers are placed
thus doing away with the necessity of
building caissons or of much digging
and blasting to secure Bolld founda
tions The granite piers rest on the
most secure of foundations and were
iconstructed at comparatively small x
pen se The cost of the bridge will bt
about 18000000
PETER MARTHUR POET
Talonted Canadian Bard and His Now
Book The Prodigal
Where are your poets asked Am
bassador James Bryce at a dinner iu
New York recently and ever since the
now historic question was put efforts
at answering it have been In evidence
Many writers of verse young and old
have been pointed to as proof that
America has at the present time real
bona fide possessors of poetic genius
Naturally opinions differ a3 to the rank
the respective versifiers should take
The question is especially difficult
when applied to the younger writers
Among the latter is Peter McArthur a
Canadian of Scotch descent now a
New Yorker who has made a selection
from his privately printed sonnets and
from his contributions to the Century
Atlantic Monthly and other magazines
and embodied them in a volume en
titled The Prodigal and Other Poems
PETER MARTHUR
It is published by Mitchell Kennerley
Mr McArthur is about forty years of
age talks Scotch Gaelic fluently and
was at one time editor of New York
Truth Later he was associated with
W T Stead in London journalism
EEis poems have been widely published
The title poem of his new book The
Prodigal which originally appeared
in the Youths Companion is as fol
lows
THE PRODIGAL
Last night the boy came back to me
again
The laughing boy all credulous of good
Long lost far wandered in the ways of
men
He came and roused me with an olden
mood
He came the lover and enthusiast
Shook off my years and with enlight
ened eyes
Smiled at the shadow that the world had
cast
And looked at life with all the old sur
prise
And I the slave of patience took him In
Gave him my heart and bade him wel
come home
Thrilled with his dreams of all I yet may
win
Allured again in golden paths to roam
And now I know life has no greater joy
Than having lived to be once more a boy
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PRINCE OSCAR
Son of Emperor William Who Would
Like to Study In America
Emperor William of Germany and
the empress have had seven children
six boys and a girl and one of the
most promising members of the family
is the handsome Prince Oscar who has
been spoken of as likely to take a
course of study in this country at Har
vard university One report had It
that the emperor said he would not
hesitate about the matter If it were not
for the newspaper correspondents He
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feared lest they might be so inquisitive
as to his sons student life as to inter
fere with the young mans studies
Prince Oscar is now about eighteen
and Is the favorite of the empress He
Is a fine carpenter It being the custom
for Hohenzollern princes to learn Borne
trade He has been raised under a
vigorous regime and never was pam
pered by court luxuries His three
meals a day have been of the plainest
fare and though the kaiser believe In
plenty of exercise he has seen to It
that his bob gave alose attention to study
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Pats Retort
A bishop was traveling In a mining
country and encountered an old Irish
man turning a windlass which hauled
up ore out of a shaft It was his work
to do this all day long His hat was
off and the sun was pouring down on
Ills unprotected head
Dont you know the sun will Injure
your brain If jou expose it in that
manner said the bishop
The Irishman wiped the sweat off
his forehead and looked at the clergy
man Do you think Id be doing this
all day if I had any brains he said
and then gave the handle another turn
HOW DID YOU DIE
Did you tackle the trouble that came your
way
With a resolute heart and cheerful
Or hide your face from the light of day
With a craven soul and fearful
Oil a troubles a ton or a troubles an
ounce
Or a trouble is what you niako it
And it isnt the fact that youre hurt that
counts
But only how did you take It
You are beaten to earth Well well
whats that
Come up with a smiling face
Its nothing against you to fall down flat
But to lie there thats disgrace
The harder youre thrown why the higher
you bounce
Be proud of your blackened eye
It isnt the fact that youre licked that
counts
Its how did you fight and why
And though you bo done to the death
what then
If you battled the best you could
If you played your part in the world of
men
Why the Critic will call it good
Death comes with a crawl or comes with
a pounce
And whether hes slow or spry
It isnt the fact that youre dead that
counts
But only how did you die
Edmund Vance Cooke
Contented
An d old man was on his death
bed He had been a very wicked man
and now he faced the great accounting
A priest stood by his bedside to receive
his last confession I do not remem
ber the old man said feebly that I
ever declined an opportunity to enjoy
myself And so I die he gasped for
breath after a minute or two lie was
able to resume and so I die con
tented
Worrying About Pa
A preacher had ordered a load of hay
from one of his parishioners About
noon the parishioners little son came
to the house crying lustily On being
asked what the matter was he said
that the load of hay had tipped over in
the street The preacher a kindly
man assured the little fellow that it
was nothing serious and asked him in
to dinner
Pa wouldnt like it said the boy
But the preacher assured him that he
would fix it all right with his father
and urged him to take dinner before
going for the hay After dinner the
boy was asked if he were not glad that
he had stayed
Pa wont like it he persisted
The preacher unable to understand
asked the boy what made him think
his father would object
Why yon see pas under the hay
explained the boy Everybodys
Your Fat Friend
Beau Brummel and the Prince of
Wales were estranged The prince in
the park one day spoke to a gentleman
who was with Brummel but deliber
ately cut the latter Brummel turninr
to his acquaintance said Pray who
is your fat friend
Solid Food
An old South Carolina darky was
sent to the hospital of St Xavier in
Charleston
One of the gentle black robed sisters
put a thermometer in his mouth to
take his temperature Presently when
the doctor made his rounds he said
Well Nathan how do you feel
I feels right tolble boss
Have you had any nourishment
Yassir
What did you have
A lady dene gimme a piece uf glass
ter suck boss Lippincotts
Lord John Russell
Lord John Russell was a very small
man Sidney Smith says that when
Lord John first contested Devonshire
the burly electors were disappointed
by the physical insignificance of their
candidate but were satisfied when it
was explained to them that he had
once been much larger but was worn
away by the anxieties and struggles
of the reform bill of 1S32 Lord Johu
had no memory for faces and was
painfully apt to ignore his political fol
lowers when he met them beyond the
walls of parliament Once staying in
a Scotch country house he found him
self thrown with young Lord D now
Earl of S He liked the young mans
conversation and was pleased to find
that he was a Whig When the party
broke up Lord John conquered his
shyness sufficiently to say to his new
friend Well Lord D I am very glad
to have made your acquaintance and
now you must come Into the house of
commons and support me there I
have been doing that for the last ten
years Lord John was the reply of
the gratified follower Collections
and Recollections
The Governors Explanation
The Kansas legislature having enact
ed a law already on the statute book
Governor Hoch vetoed It remarking
In his message that it was up to the
Introducer of the bill to set em up
A member of the opposition thinking
that this wasa dangerous expression
wt man nm
for the governor of a prohibition stato
to use had a resolution adopted calling
on the governor to explain The gov
ernor sent this message in answer
To the Senate I am in receipt of scnato i
resolution No 40 introduced by tho J
tor from Atchison county requesting mo
to explain what was meant by the term
set cm tip as used in my veto message
of senate bill No 311 This expression
used playfully and without having any
particular meaning and possibly hardly
comporting with the dignity of your body
seeni3 to have had if not a good at least
an unexpected effect in that it lias caus
rd the emaciated corpso of the KanaaH
Democracy to take on the semblanco of
life and sit up and take notice
The belief In miracles is here strength
ened by absolute proof showing that tho
proper call will restore animation to the
dead If the Angel Gabriel standing with
one foot on land and one on sea wero to
blow such a blast from his trumpet that
tho mountains should rock to their bases
the Democratic party would probably
sleep on undisturbed but if ho were even
to whisper the magic words set em up
tho grave of this moribund organization
would give up its dead and from the en
tire aggregation headed by tho talented
and handsome senator from Atchison
would come the answer in swelling cho
rus We will take the same
E W HOCH Governor
Consolation
Rev B of New York is a very
popular preacher and every day many
persons visit him at his home in search
of religious consolation or of advice
The very small daughter of the house
Is quite observing and much to the
surprise of her parents seems to take a
great interest in her fathers callers
One day when her father was away a
noted bishop called to see him on busi
ness connected with the church The
little girl answered his ring at the
doorbell
Is your father in my little maid
the great man asked kindly
Two round blue eyes gazed at him
solemnly for a few seconds then she
took hold of his hand and in a voice
filled with compassion said No fa
ther is not in now but come in poor
dying sinner mother will pray for
you Lippincotts
Knew What He Was
A little girl was out walking with
her aunt one day The aunt bowed to
a man they were passing
Who is he Aunt Jeuuie asked the
little girl
Mrs Littlefield told her that he was
Mr Melrose the village undertaker
Oh yes replied the child quickly
I remember him He undertook my i
grandmother Harpers Bazar
Pot and Kettle
One day a learned professor was ac
costed by a very dirty little bootblack
with Shine your shoes sir
The professor was impressed by the
filthiness of the boys face
I dont want a shine my lad said
he but if youll go and wash your
face Ill give you a sixpence
A richt sir was the lads reply as
he went over to a neighboring foun
tain and made his ablutions Return
ing he held out his hand for the
money
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Well my lad said tho professor
you have earned your sixpence Hero
It Is
I dlnna want it mild chap return
ed the boy with a lordly air Ye
keep it and get yer hair cut
So Son So Father
A small boy who had been very
naughty was first reprimanded then
told that he must take a whipping He
Hew upstairs and hid in the far corner
under a bed Just then the fathei
came home The mother told him what
had occurred He went upstairs and
proceeded to crawl under the bed to
ward the youngster who whispered
excitedly Hello pop Is she after
you too
Three Verse Eggs
A well known doctor of divinity who
may be nameless here was once tour
ing a sparsely settled part of the coun
try and one night put up at a comfort
able looking farmhouse where he soon
got upon cordial terms with the fam
ily Next morning coming down to
breakfast he found the men folks all
departed to work and the fanners
wife waiting to prepare his breakfast
How do you like your eggs she
inquired solicitously
Medium well done was the an
swer
Whereupon tho good hostess retired
to the kitchen whence In i few mo
ments came the sound of her voice
singing Nearer My God to Thee
The doctor being a good singer him
self joined heartily in this morning
liynin
After singing three verses the lady
suddenly stopped and forthwith ap
peared with the eggs
What was the matter with the
fourth verse asked the minister
with a smile
Oh you said you liked your eggs
medium so I sang three verses It
takes four verses to boil em hard
As One Boy to Another
What did you do James when Ed
ward called you a liar asked the
teacher
I remembered what you said that
a soft answer turneth away wrath
replied James
Good boy What soft answer did
you make queried the interested
teacher
Why I hit him with a rotten toma
to said James
Death Has No Superlative
A lawyer had among his clients a
German farmer a hard working plain
blunt man nearing he had lost his
wife the lawyer sought him out to ex
press his sympathy To his amazement
the German replied But I am mar
ried gain
Is it possible and only three weeks
since you buried your wife
Dot is so mine friend but she Is as
dead as she ever will be
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